Supporting College Students Leaving “the System” - Foster Care Success

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Join us on March 4 for the next session of the Philadelphia Education Fund's monthly speaker series Education First Compact

Thank you for registering for our Education Compact Series event! You will receive the link to attend two days before the event date.

From Foster Care to the Graduation Stage – Supporting College Students Leaving “the System”Youth involved in foster care experience unique challenges and barriers to educational attainment. Fewer than 2% of youth formerly in foster care complete a bachelor’s degree before age 25 compared with 24% of the general population. Match that startling data with the fact that Philadelphia has the highest rate of family separation in all major cities in the country, and you can’t ignore the fact that there is an educational emergency facing the most vulnerable young people in our city.Supporting success for foster and former-foster care youth requires thoughtful and trauma-informed interventions at not just the high school level, but throughout a young person’s time in college and beyond. But what is being done, locally and nationally, to bridge these gaps and nurture success?Register for the March 4th session of PEF’s Education First Compact to learn more about this important topic. We’ll be joined by:--Brook Lenfest, President, Brook J. Lenfest Foundation--Tori Nuccio, Deputy Director of Financial Aid, West Chester University --Cecily White, Senior Program Coordinator, Camden Fellows, Rutgers University-Camden Host--Farah Jimenez, President and CEO of Philadelphia Education FundSchedule - Thursday, March 49:00 - 9:45am Presentation9:45 - 10:15am Q &amp; AIf you have accommodation needs in order to attend or enjoy the event, please reach out to info@philaedfund.org prior to or after registering for the event. -------------------------------------------------REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. A LINK FOR JOINING THIS SESSION WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU CLOSER TO THE DATE.-------------------------------------------------VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIBER TICKET POLICY: If you are an Individual or Corporate Subscriber, your &quot;seat&quot; is guaranteed. There is no need for you to RSVP.  A link for joining this session will be emailed to you closer to the date.Become a VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIBER to the Education First Compact!The Education First Compact, a monthly speaker series, has been hosted by the Philadelphia Education Fund for more than a decade. Each month, the region&#x27;s leading voices on K-12 education gather for an intimate and candid conversation on strategies, tactics, and efforts to improve and sustain quality education for all of Philadelphia&#x27;s students.More than 900 individuals attended last year&#x27;s series alone - sparking partnerships, collaborative efforts, and robust solutions for our schools.  As a voluntary subscriber, we invite you to join others who have signaled their support for education, from the School District of Philadelphia, the Mayor’s Office of Education, non-profit organizations, policy makers, education advocates, community members, teachers, researchers, businesses and corporations, funders, universities, and more.Voluntary Subscribers are recognized on the Education First Compact Honor Wall, are guaranteed a seat at all Education First Compact sessions, and make it possible for the Philadelphia Education Fund to continue to produce this FREE event.If you prefer to avoid credit card fees, please make your check payable to:                     Philadelphia Education Fund, 718 Arch Street, Suite 700N, Philadelphia, PA 19106

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